Investigating Power
Democracy, Elections, Extremism
The Center for Media and Democracy recently filed an IRS complaint against American Majority for violating tax and campaign finance laws, alleging that the group is engaging in political activities that are outside the legal boundaries of a 501(c)(3). The descriptions listed for the payments in the federal and state campaign finance data provide some […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
“The nightmare scenario is that they’ll hold up certification. They’ll force state officers to go to court to compel them to certify the results while they spread disinformation about widespread voter fraud and non-citizen voting,” said Arn Pearson, executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy, which issued its own report documenting election denialism […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
Democrats and election watchdogs breathed a sigh of relief when Georgia courts blocked the Trump-inspired rules, including two that would have given local election officials more power to attempt to block certification. But they should not rest easy, as significant peril still remains. At least 21 election skeptics who have expressed support for Trump’s false […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
In September, the Center for Media and Democracy identified 102 election officials across eight key states – Arizona, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Michigan – who had either denied the “legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election or spread false claims of widespread voter fraud”. Three of those officials make up the […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
Trump could be helped by election deniers in other ways. A study from the Center for Media and Democracy, for example, found that over 100 election administrators across eight swing states were skeptical or denied the 2020 results outright nearly four years ago, indicating they may try to do so again this year. “Our democracy’s […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
She is not an anomaly. Fusaro is one of at least 33 county officials throughout Pennsylvania who have expressed belief in Donald Trump’s nonstop election lies or supported policies rooted in election denialism, according to a review of social media posts and other public sources conducted by the Center for Media and Democracy and American […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
There are nearly a dozen county canvassers — all Republican appointees — who have expressed at least some level of doubt about the accuracy of Michigan’s 2020 presidential election results, according to the Center for Media and Democracy, a nonprofit watchdog group based in Wisconsin.
Bradley Files, Campaign Finance, Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
America First Legal and the Public Interest Legal Foundation together reaped more than $30m dollars from the Wisconsin-based Bradley Impact Fund and its parent, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, from 2017 through 2022, according to a financial analysis from the Center for Media and Democracy.
As charitable bail funds have expanded across the country, allowing people to get out of jail without the help of the commercial bail industry, the American Bail Coalition has increasingly targeted the funds. As a report by the watchdog group Center for Media and Democracy found in March, the lobbying group published model policy on its website […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism
Adams was one of 18 county election board members in Georgia who were named in a report by the Center for Media and Democracy. She refused to certify two primary elections earlier this year and is a regional coordinator for the Election Integrity Network, which has recruited election deniers in swing states to target local […]